[Advaita-l] [advaitin] 'Avidya' is not 'only' Adhyasa; it's more than that

Sudhanshu Shekhar sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com
Tue Sep 3 11:42:40 EDT 2024


Namaste Raghav ji.

ajnAna-adhyAsa, which is kAraNa-adhyAsa, is anAdi and it ceases on
Brahma-jnAna. It is present in deep sleep.

All kArya-adhyAsa, starting from aham-adhyAsa, are sAdi and they cease in
deep sleep.

Regards.

On Tue, 3 Sept 2024, 21:03 'Raghav Kumar' via advaitin, <
advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> In deep sleep and praLaya, all (including even SSS ji)  accept that there
> is no adhyAsa. And with the waking state setting in or with jagat-sRShTi,
> there is adhyAsa.
>
> From such a standpoint adhyAsa is not anAdi, since we are able to point to
> an experienced state, viz., dreamless sleep, where it was not.
>
>
> Only assuming that time and space (which are avidyA kAyas and this part of
> adhyAsa) have *already been created* - only subsequent to that, we can say,
> by courtesy, that,  from the standpoint of janana and maraNa of jIvas etc.,
> we say pUrva adhyAsa of identifying with deha etc.,  leads to uttarAdhyAsa
> in a perennial cyclical way.
>
> Kindly correct the above if required
>
> Om
>
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